Alan Kmiecik

Humble service breeds love

is the gift from the Holy Spirit that allows us to see and comprehend divine and human realities from God’s perspective (eg.  Beatitude, to be supreme happy we must be poor in spirit, meek, mournful, thirsting for justice, merciful, clean of heart, peacemakers and suffer persecution for justice sake)

Help me to love myself and accept your love despite my unworthiness, so that I may love others as you would love them.

It’s your turn to play God – forgive

Human respect is the “guillotine of saints.” It has a suicidal effect and a deadly capacity to cut short the action of a zealous heart. Human respect renders love of God and souls sterile because it is nothing but pride disguised as fear, doubt, or the sophism of not wanting to hurt others’ feelings. True

Every criticism you make of someone else is most likely something you need to fix in you. If not, there are plenty of other issues you have to work on. Do not be blind to you own faults and allergic to correcting them.

The Apostles, with their own eyes saw only flesh, but they believed that he was God. We, with our own eyes see only bread, but believe it is Christ. Body, blood, soul and divinity. (St Francis)

I imagine, one of the most difficult experiences in life, is to accept that you have just lost the last opportunity to do something you have always wanted to do. Set goals, make plans, avoid at least one difficult experience. Do it now.

If you sin seriously but repent superficially today’s perversions will be tomorrow’s ordinary events. Repent super-seriously. (and get to Confession)

Lord, please grant me the strength to fight against the passions and habits which keep me from following God’s will.